Monday, July 30, 2012

Grandma O.


Today marks four years since my beautiful Grandma passed away. In all honesty, losing her was so much more difficult than I ever imagined it would be. But with time comes relative healing and the ability to think of her and instantly smile instead of cry. 

My family knows that we were incredibly blessed to have her in our lives for 69 years. Of course we wish we could have had her here forever. Instead of listing all the wonderful and unique qualities she had as my Grandma, I want to share some of the wonderful and unique memories I have of spending time with her.

Dear Grandma, some of best memories I have were filled with you:

Marcus and I flying alone to visit Tacoma for 2 weeks every summer

Going to the Commisary and getting to pick out whatever treats, food, and candy we wanted

Begging you and Grandpa to score my dives off your diving board, over and over

Eating the the local Mexican restaurant, you decided to say "How fast was she? Faster than SWOOSH!" and managed to spit Mexican rice all over me and my face. Then you laughed until you cried.

Not packing pajamas when we came to visit, because we would sleep and lounge all day in your t-shirts/nighties

Waking up to my favorite breakfasts, homemade and not

Watching you and Leona play Yahtzee, yelling and smoking

Playing Sorry, over and over

Eating popsicles after every dinner

Wandering around the Tacoma house and looking at all the little decoration and crafts everywhere

Listening to yours and Grandpa's stories about how poor you were at one point, and I always though you were joking/lying

Driving home from SeaTac with Grandpa in the little maroon Camry with the super soft seats, and you would be waiting outside in the driveway or on the porch stairs with all the animal figurines in the front yard

Believe it or not, getting slobber kisses each night before bed

Playing "burr-tickles" and scrating eachothers backs in bed - in a train and then we would all switch so it was fair

Listening to suspensful old-time radio stories in the bed

Watching Game Show Network and old movies with you in bed or on the couch

Hiding with Marcus once Grandpa got home from work

Tony Roma's...no explanation needed

The way you loved that stupid "Cheesburger" song

You would play "Heart and Soul" with me on the piano

And of course, you would always slip Marcus and I money as we left and told us "don't tell Grandpa"

You were simply, the best Grandma I could have ever hoped for.
circa 1994? she managed to look classy on Christmas Eve despite our best efforts to ruin a wonderful holiday with our clothing choices

You loved your grandchildren and great-grandchildren unconditionally
Father's Day weekend 2008, the last time I hugged you. We spend a lot of time together that weekend and I am forever grateful for those few days.
50 years together

There was truly no one like you.

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

while the fiance is away...

we have a weekend house-guest! Sir Duke, a friends dog, is staying gracing us with his majestic presence...
He's a mature fella and not too sure why B & L feel the need to run around constantly. 
All-in-all he is settling in well and we are happy to have him!

In other news, Kevin is away for the weekend on a guys camping trip east of Yosemite. Doing guy things - camping, fishing, shooting guns, bbqing and of course drinking beer. 

In other other news, myself and four of the best preschool teachers in the history of preschools, met up for happy hour at Crush last night. It was incredible to see the girls I spent so many hours with caring for the kids we cared so much about. We were a close-knit group who really took ownership of and pride in  the Purple Room. We are all in different places in our lives now, but we will always share that unique bond of loving our college jobs and truly making a difference in the lives of 3-5 year olds.

Cheers to the Purple Room!

And here's to a weekend of brainstorming wedding crafts!

Love, Mal

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Monday, July 23, 2012

It's official!

 I am going to marry my best friend October 12th, 2013.




In one of the most beautiful places we have ever seen. It is exactly what we envisioned. We hope you follow along for the next year and 3 months as we prepare for the most important day of our lives. Here we go!

Love, Kevin & Mal
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

wordless wednesday, happy birth/independence day

 if that photo doesn't scream "summer" "fourth of July" and "bbq heaven" then call me a non-American. Happy 4th of July, folks.
Also, Happy Happy Birthday to my mama! Hope your getting lots and lots done at the Petro Palace in GP. Love you Mama!
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

just a little shooting

About once a month we try to get our booty-s out to the shooting range. This time, we brought along my friend Becca who now works with me at Hanover and her friend Chase. 
The local shooting range never lets us down. It was a summer evening at its best.



The girls with the M-1 Carbine.

Seriously hoping she is able to work for Hanover for a long, long while. She's awesome. Plus, I think she's got a kick for shootin' guns. 

Here's to working towards and making a major deadline at work. Happy Thursday.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

news flash

After about three years without cable TV...we finally took the plunge. I went on down to the local Comcast office and said "Hey lady, give me a great deal on TV and internet for what I am paying now for just internet," (not really) and she so pleasantly obliged. Then I surprised Kev after a long day of work with the cute little Comcast bag full of equipment for him to hook up.


Hello fancy cable (relatively).
Hello DVR.
Hello On Demand.
Hello more than channels 2-32.
Hello Mad Men reruns.
Hello A's games.

Welcome back to our lives. We missed you. Now we feel spoiled.

Love,
Kevin and Mallory
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

mia dog

It's been two years since I said good-bye to my best friend.

Miss you everyday, Mia Doggy.







April 1999 to June 2010
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

bedroom upgrades

Remember these free shutters I found at an estate sale? Well, they have finally been given a purpose.
 
With my grandmother's beautiful hopechest in mind...
and the following accessories...
we purchased a new quilt.


Then, I stained 3 of the 5 shutters with Cherry Watco Danish Oil. Then they looked like this:
 
We added picture-hanging brackets to the back of each shutter...
Then carefully hung them on the wall above our newly adorned bed.

Needless to say, we slept well last night.


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